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  • Legendary country singer Glen Campbell's new album will be his last. Campbell, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, has decided to release one more record as a final farewell.
    Glen Campbell: Forget Me Not
    Campbell is a legend who's losing his own history: The country singer, guitarist and former television host is in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
  • Detail from a print advertisement for Arizona Dranes' Okeh recordings.
    Arizona Dranes, Forgotten Mother Of The Gospel Beat
    Dranes was a blind black pianist who shook the foundations of gospel in the 1920s by introducing secular styles like barrelhouse and ragtime into spiritual music.
  • CDC's new guidance ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules
    The CDC stopped recommending quarantines or test-to-stay in schools. It's part of a relaxation of COVID guidance that acknowledges the virus is here to stay, and that many people have prior immunity.
  • The Week In Politics
    Andrew McCabe and Rex Tillerson were fired, new sanctions were announced on Russia, and the Russia investigation continued.
  • Eastern Kentucky delays the start of school as people rebuild after floods
    Teachers and students in parts of Kentucky are reckoning with heavily damaged schools and a delayed start to the school year after deadly flash floods inundated the region last month.
  • In Iran, Hypernova faced lashings for playing rock. In Brooklyn, it's practically a crime <em>not</em> to.
    Hypernova: An Iranian Rock Band In Brooklyn
    In Iran, Hypernova faced lashings for playing rock 'n' roll. In Williamsburg, it's practically a crime not to rock. After leaving Iran, band member Raam has encouraged other musicians back home to escape to the U.S., where their art can't be controlled.
  • The Fugs: At The Forefront Of The Counterculture
    Led by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, the garage-rock band The Fugs became a pivotal player in the American underground of the mid- to late '60s. The group retired in 1969 but re-formed in the mid-'80s and has performed and recorded regularly ever since. The band is set to release what could be its last album.
  • Vijay Iyer: Self-Taught Jazz Pianist Goes 'Solo'
    A jazz pianist and bandleader, Iyer is one of the most critically acclaimed musicians of the past decade. He also has a masters in physics. Here, he explains why he decided to switch to a full-time career as a jazz musician, and describes what influenced his latest album, Solo..
  • Apple Records was founded by The Beatles in 1968. The label's artists included the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ravi Shankar and Doris Troy.
    The Best Of Apple Records' Albums: Beyond The Beatles
    The Beatles' Apple Records put out the Fab Four's own singles and albums, as well as music by other performers the individual Beatles liked. Critic Ed Ward takes a look behind the scenes at Apple Records, and at the full albums the label released.
  • It took him multiple trips to the ER to start receiving treatment for monkeypox
    In the early days of the outbreak, Kevin Kwong was among several people who spent days in search of the right diagnosis.
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